A professor of Fashion and Science at London College of Fashion and co-director of The Helen Storey Foundation, Helen focuses on transcending aspects of social and environmental subjects while directly engaging the public. Starting with ‘Catalytic Clothing’ that seeks to explore how clothing and textiles can be used as a catalytic surface to purify air, and ‘Wonderland’, which examines plastic packaging and new approaches to its use and disposal, she here speaks to R.E.V about creativity, inventiveness and artistic expressions on behalf of a better future. R.E.V: You have a well established background in fashion, having founded your own label and spent time training with Valentino.
Pluto Press - Search Results. Product Description Beautifully illustrated with specially commissioned designs, Stitched Up delves into the alluring world of fashion to reveal what is behind the clothes we wear.

Toxic chemicals and derivatives of petroleum are used to make the clothes and accessories you wear and the bags you carry. Even though factories seem to be located in far away places, today´s world is a global world. The contamination released by factories also has a global reach, contaminating the food you eat and water you drink many thousands of miles away.

In response to our concern for the harmful effects that toxic substances have on the environment, on the health of textile workers and on the health of consumers, we are an eco-friendly fashion company.
HandEye. Cosercantar. Método de corte París. Shingo sato. Patternmaking for Fashion Design (5th Edition): Helen Joseph Armstrong: 9780136069348: Amazon.com. Biblioteca - Mediateca de Las Naves Catálogo › Detalles para: Las 22 leyes inmutables de la marca. Ethics in the Fashion Industry. Knock-off designer handbags, shoplifting, sweatshop labor, provocative advertising, these are just a few examples of complex ethical issues in the fashion industry today.

Ethics are about making good decisions, and in the fashion industry—where it is essential to work cooperatively with many different people—understanding ethics is key to being an honest, informed, and effective employee. Ethics in the Fashion Industry provides readers with the tools they need to develop and practice ethical decision-making skills.
Naked Fashion. Reviews 'If sustainable goods are your thing, this is an enticing guide to the growing fair-trade fashion movement.'

Christina Binkley, Wall St Journal'Insightful, inspiring... a book I will be recommending to all students of fashion.' Caryn Franklin, style guru, presenter, writer and campaigner'Showing fashion at its worst while providing upbeat solutions is a tough call but Safia Minney has achieved it with Naked Fashion.'
Where am I Wearing?: A Global Tour to the Countries, Factories, and People That Make Our Clothes, Revised and Updated - Kelsey Timmerman. Preface xi Prologue: We Have It Made xv Part I The Mission 1 Chapter 1 A Consumer Goes Global 3.

Fashion & Sustainability: Design for Change. ReFashioned: Cutting-Edge Clothing from Upcycled Materials. Paperback 300 illustrations 208 pages 245 x 210 mm ISBN 9781780673011 Published October 2013 The area of recycling and upcycling is a rich and growing source of innovative design in the fashion and accessories industries.

In a fast-fashion world of throw-away clothing, it is the ultimate expression of the slow-fashion movement, with each piece individually conceived and crafted from scratch, using different materials each time.
Essential illustrated art books. ‘Truly useful … A designer’s best friend’ – The Art Book ‘Unquestionably a vital point of reference for anyone whose professional fortunes depend on an open-minded and all-embracing approach to materials’ – The Design Magazine ‘If you’re a designer looking for a new creative medium, this book could be the start of a whole new design adventure’ – idFX.

Digital Visions for Fashion + Textiles. A richly illustrated survey of advances in creative computing and its impact on fashion, textiles and related digital sectors The invention of the Jacquard loom in the 18th-century century paved the way for computing and revolutionary change.

Since then, code has evolved to enable new methods in design, visualization and production, achieving the previously unimaginable. Digital Visions for Fashion and Textiles considers how computing has reinvented image, material and structural processes, highlighting advancing 2D, 3D and interactive output. Digital/analogue fusions are defining new contexts for innovative fabrication.
Manufacturing Processes for Design Professionals. ‘The definitive reference for 3D designers, product designers, architects and engineers’ – New Design ‘Does exactly what the title implies in an easy user-friendly manner … very useful and informative to designers and architects, whether students more experienced practitioners, as well as to anyone interested in the wider aesthetic and ethical issues of contemporary living … ’ – The Art Book Today’s product designers are presented with a huge number of choices when creating their work and preparing it for manufacture.

With some 1,200 specially commissioned photographs and technical illustrations, this is the definitive, clearly organized reference for product designers, 3D designers, engineers and architects who need highly accessible and practical information. The book explores innovative production techniques and materials that are having an impact on the design industry worldwide.
The Primary Structures of Fabrics. ‘Irene Emery’s great book is so well established as a work of reference that it is difficult to imagine how one previously muddled through without it’ – Museum News ‘Removes the mystery from textiles, once and for all. The lucid text, the superb photographs, the extensive bibliography and the detailed index all combine to make this book absolutely essential to museum workers and archaeologists’ – Archaeology ‘Will appeal to both the layman and the experienced textile specialist’ – Handweaver and Craftsman In this monumental work, the structures of fabrics and the descriptive terms applied to them are clearly presented according to their logical relationships to each other, moving from the simplest to the most complex.

Essential illustrated art books. ‘A colourful and exciting overview of textiles today, which does not just look forward, but also sideways in recognition of our cultural and historical connection to the fabric of our lives’ – Embroidery The diversity of the textile world makes it both exciting and provocative as it brings together a wide range of otherwise fragmented perspectives. See the complete contents page Textiles owe their development to religion, commerce, exchange and travel, and their vibrant and creative preservation to tenacious regionalism.

Artists and designers from India, Mali, Madagascar, Morocco, Burkina Faso and Nigeria have reinvigorated art and fashion by using the fabrics and graphic elements they find on the streets of London, Paris and New York and other cities.
Advanced Textiles for Health and Wellbeing. Informative and inspirational, this is an essential resource for the design professional, fashion and design student, or anyone fascinated by cutting-edge technologies and innovative textiles. ‘An authoritative guide to the technical textiles of tomorrow’ – Embroidery From medical implants to spacesuits, advanced textiles have the potential to transform human habitats and transportation, protect the environment and support personal health and wellbeing. The world’s most creative designers and engineers are working together to develop high-performance fabrics that are sustainable, fireproof, soundproof and anti-bacterial, and offer protection against extreme weather conditions and man-made disasters.

Essential illustrated art books. Fashion design is a process of investigating, researching and constantly questioning what you are doing and why. This book shows students and professional designers how to use visual research to develop a personal aesthetic as a fashion designer in a global industry. The first section of this comprehensive guide demonstrates the research process underpinning the work of design icons from Coco Chanel and Jean Paul Gaultier to Vivienne Westwood and Alexander McQueen. It reveals the many different areas of inspiration they draw on, from precursors such as Christian Dior’s ‘New Look’ to traditional textiles from around the world.
Christopher Ræburn. The Centre for Sustainable Fashion provokes, challenges and questions the fashion status quo. Through collaboration we design transforming solutions that. Clothing Design for Longevity.